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Literary Fiction
456 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
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Authors Like John Green: 5 Smart, Heartfelt YA Writers
If John Green's smart, funny, gut-wrenching novels about teens facing big things are your favourites, these five writers deliver the same heart and honesty — with where to start.
Authors Like Khaled Hosseini: 6 Sweeping Literary Reads
If Khaled Hosseini's emotional, sweeping stories of family, homeland, and loss move you deeply, these six writers deliver the same heartbreak and beauty — each with a book to start.
Authors Like Toni Morrison: 6 Writers to Read Next
If Toni Morrison's lyrical prose and unflinching reckoning with American history move you, these six writers belong on your shelf — each with a book to start.
Books Like All Quiet on the Western Front: 6 War Reads
Want more unflinching truth about war, its horror, and what it does to ordinary soldiers after All Quiet on the Western Front? These six novels deliver — with where to start.
Books Like Norwegian Wood: 6 Melancholy Reads Next
Want more aching melancholy, memory, and quiet heartbreak after Norwegian Wood? These six literary novels deliver Murakami's mood of loss and longing — with where to start.
A Little Life vs The Secret History: Read First?
A Little Life and The Secret History are two intense literary novels of friendship and darkness. Here's how they differ and which to read first.
Authors Like Brit Bennett: 5 Literary Writers to Read
Authors like Brit Bennett for fans of The Vanishing Half and The Mothers — Celeste Ng, Colson Whitehead, Tayari Jones, Yaa Gyasi, and Toni Morrison, with where to start.
Authors Like Cormac McCarthy: 7 Writers to Read Next
Authors like Cormac McCarthy for fans of Blood Meridian and The Road — William Faulkner, Larry McMurtry, Denis Johnson, John Steinbeck, and more, with where to start.
Authors Like Fredrik Backman: 6 Heartwarming Writers
Authors like Fredrik Backman for fans of A Man Called Ove and Anxious People — Gabrielle Zevin, Matt Haig, TJ Klune, Mitch Albom, and more, with where to start.
Authors Like Haruki Murakami: 6 Writers to Read Next
Authors like Haruki Murakami for fans of Kafka on the Shore and Norwegian Wood — Kazuo Ishiguro, David Mitchell, Italo Calvino, Borges, and more, with where to start.
Authors Like Kazuo Ishiguro: 7 Literary Writers
Authors like Kazuo Ishiguro for fans of Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day — Ian McEwan, Julian Barnes, Haruki Murakami, Marilynne Robinson, and more, with where to start.
Authors Like Madeline Miller: 6 Mythology Retellings
Authors like Madeline Miller for fans of Circe and The Song of Achilles — Pat Barker, Natalie Haynes, Jennifer Saint, Claire North, and more, with where to start.
Authors Like Tana French: 6 Literary Crime Writers
Authors like Tana French for fans of the Dublin Murder Squad — Liz Nugent, Kate Atkinson, Ian Rankin, Gillian Flynn, John Banville, and Ruth Ware, with where to start.
Babel vs The Secret History: Which Dark Academia?
Babel and The Secret History are two pillars of dark academia. Here's how they differ, what each does best, and which to read first.
Books Like Klara and the Sun: 10 Literary Sci-Fi Novels
Books like Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro — 10 literary science fiction novels about AI, memory, and humanity, from Never Let Me Go to Frankenstein, with where to start.
Books Like The Things They Carried: 11 War Novels
Books like The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien — 11 great war novels from All Quiet on the Western Front to Slaughterhouse-Five, with where to start for each.
Books Like The White Tiger: 9 Novels of Modern India
Books like The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga — 9 novels of modern India, class, and corruption, from Midnight's Children to A Fine Balance, with where to start for each.
Circe vs Ariadne: Which Greek Retelling First?
Circe and Ariadne are two of the most popular Greek mythology retellings. Here's how they differ, what each does best, and which to read first.
Klara and the Sun vs Never Let Me Go: Read First?
Klara and the Sun and Never Let Me Go are Kazuo Ishiguro's two speculative masterpieces. Here's how they differ, what each does best, and which to read first.
Norwegian Wood vs Kafka on the Shore: Read First?
Norwegian Wood and Kafka on the Shore are the two most popular entry points to Haruki Murakami. Here's how they differ and which to read first.
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